Creative Industry Project Funding

Your funding expert can tell you whether your development proposal meets the formal funding requirements during a consultation.Marten Kaffke, Gabriel Schlesinger, and Carina Trafoier provide consultations on Creative Industry Project Funding.

To receive funding, you will need to submit a funding application. Consult with your funding expert to get the information you need, submit your application online, and – this is important – don't make any investments until after you've submitted a complete application. The Vienna Business Agency provides funding only for development proposals that start after the application has been submitted.

We provide Creative Industry Project Funding to help cover your payroll costs, costs for external services, including consultations, training, marketing and distribution services for your planned market entry, as well as non-personnel and material costs. We thus provide funding for the acquisition of machines, the initial sector-specific outfit for your newly founded business, but also for software licenses for programmes that you need for your development proposal. Costs to protect the intellectual property rights of your patent, trademark, or a design you developed are eligible as well. Our funding does not cover the costs of your day-to-day business. Make the cost calculation for your development proposal as detailed as possible.

You can be awarded a maximum of 200,000 euros per development proposal. The maximum funding amounts vary depending on the type of funding. Ask your funding expert about the funding details before you submit your application.

Your development proposal must be worth at least 10,000 euros to qualify for Creative Industry Project Funding.

The funding rate is the percentage of a development proposal's eligible costs that will be funded. The funding rate varies depending on the type of funding. To give you an example: If the funding rate is 50% and we recognise 100,000 euros as your project costs, the Vienna Business Agency will pay 50,000 euros. The maximum funding rate for Vienna Creative Industry Project Funding is 50%.

You can submit your funding application via our online portal – it's convenient and always available. To do so, you must register on our website and create a profile. In your profile, select "My submissions" and "New application". Funding accounts will also be settled via our online system.

You are required to submit a duly completed funding application along with an application confirmation certifying that the information you have provided is true and accurate. Our online system automatically generates this application confirmation as soon as you have finished completing the application form. You will also be required to provide a de minimis declaration, your latest financial statements, and/or an income statement.